1 . Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving Day, is a busy shopping day in the United States. Many people have a day off work on that day. Some use this to make trips; others use it to start _______ for the Christmas season.
Many stores have special offers and _______ their prices on some goods. Some _______ their opening hours. There can also be traffic jams on roads to _______ shopping destinations.
There are _______ common theories as to why it is called Black Friday. One is that the wheels of vehicles in heavy traffic on the day left many black markings on the road surface, _______ the term Black Friday. The other is from an old way of recording business accounts. _______ were recorded in red ink and profits in black. Many businesses, _______ small businesses, started making profits before Christmas, so they started to mark in black ink on the day after Thanksgiving.1.

A．traveling

B．shopping

C．visiting

D．cooking

2.

A．prepare

B．check

C．lower

D．raise

3.

A．shorten

B．enlarge

C．reduce

D．extend

4.

A．popular

B．outstanding

C．splendid

D．ordinary

5.

A．many

B．two

C．few

D．no

6.

A．leaving for

B．leading to

C．coming out

D．sticking to

7.

A．Prices

B．Interests

C．Losses

D．Benefits

8.

A．particularly

B．specially

C．obviously

D．eventually

2 . I can still remember every change of intonation whenever I recall what that old lady said to me, “Life may give me up, but I’ll never give up my life.”
She was admitted to hospital because of her stroke（中风）for the second time, which also meant that I need to spend a lot of ____ with her.
Honestly, she was a good patient, with no complaint, no ____ requirements, and she always cooperated with me very well, which I ____ very much. And she always held an optimistic point of view toward her condition, ____ I guessed she knew that there wouldn’t be much improvement. I actually asked why in a ____ way, and she said to me the very sentence. It was not spoken very clearly, since her stroke had ____ the movement of her tongue. I was not moved then, since after spending a few months in this hospital, I was almost ____
And that old lady had ____ stroke a few days later, which made her unable to speak or move anymore. I thought she would be ____ as others, lying there, waiting the day, and crying sometimes. But I was wrong. She still held that someday, somehow, she would fully ____, though both she and I knew the possibility for that was extremely small.
Then, the very sentence she said ____ to me. A patient with absolute no hope still held the optimistic aspect in her life, regardless how ____ it was. How could I lead my life in that way? Since then, I’ve tried harder and worked harder. I would not give up my life either.1.

A．Chance

B．time

C．life

D．money

2.

A．practical

B．unreasonable

C．acceptable

D．meaningful

3.

A．Enjoyed

B．suffered

C．appreciated

D．congratulated

4.

A．so

B．as

C．since

D．though

5.

A．brave

B．daring

C．secret

D．cautious

6.

A．Affected

B．disturbed

C．improved

D．increased

7.

A．Indifferent

B．frightened

C．concerned

D．anxious

8.

A．other

B．another

C．few

D．little

9.

A．Silently

B．painfully

C．exactly

D．patiently

10.

A．Operate

B．succeed

C．understand

D．recover

11.

A．lived up

B．looked forward

C．made sense

D．worked out

12.

A．expected

B．negative

C．strange

D．Unlikely

3 . The Town of Pressure and the Town of Pleasure were neighbors but had nothing in common. People built walls to ____ influence from the other town.
In Pressure, ____ tried to be the very best. When women gave birth, they would compete（竞争） to have the baby with the ____cry. There was competition in every side of life. Because ____ was the index (指数) of success, people were ____ busy making money, with ____ for relaxation. Some young people couldn’t stand it and resorted to drink or drugs to escape.
____, over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People grew up without ____ and ____ do anything they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t ____ whether students appear or not. Workers might sit around the office ____ drinking coffee and doing nothing. ____ rules, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was ____ that is of great importance. No one had the thought of moving ____, either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were ____models from Pressure.
Some of the young take drugs because of the ____ of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is ____ for?” But, just before life in the two towns completely ____, there came a saint – Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, talking with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be ____ with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They ____ the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The towns’ people came to realize the truth—there is no distant space between Pressure and Pleasure if they don’t go to extremes(极端).1.

A．connect

B．keep

C．keep out

D．protect

2.

A．everyone

B．anyone

C．nobody

D．somebody

3.

A．saddest

B．easiest

C．loudest

D．poorest

4.

A．health

B．joy

C．children

D．wealth

5.

A．rarely

B．always

C．hardly

D．sometimes

6.

A．much time

B．no reason

C．many reasons

D．no time

7.

A．Meanwhile

B．Otherwise

C．Unfortunately

D．Similarly

8.

A．pleasure

B．pressure

C．work

D．happiness

9.

A．must

B．need

C．could

D．should

10.

A．know

B．find

C．recognize

D．care

11.

A．in the morning

B．in the evening

C．all day long

D．in the afternoon

12.

A．Without

B．With

C．Referring to

D．According to

13.

A．money

B．time

C．pleasure

D．pressure

14.

A．backward

B．forward

C．about

D．away

15.

A．the old

B．the new

C．the best

D．the same

16.

A．anxiousness

B．homelessness

C．happiness

D．meaninglessness

17.

A．pressure

B．life

C．pleasure

D．money

18.

A．improved

B．failed

C．succeeded

D．lived

19.

A．satisfied

B．surprised

C．patient

D．angry

20.

A．put up

B．put down

C．pulled down

D．set up